Background
Michel Simonidy was born in 1870 in Bucharest, Romania to a Greek family.
Michel Simonidy was born in 1870 in Bucharest, Romania to a Greek family.
Simonidi was a pupil of Léon Bonnat and Gabriel Ferrier in Paris.
Michel Simonidy designed numerous posters, including advertising for Braun-Clément & Cie. (photographers) and Le Figaro as well as one for a performance of Théodora by Victorien Sardou, starring Sarah Bernhardt. He occasionally collaborated with Jean de Paleologu.
He returned to Romania intermittently to do interiors. His best-known work involved decorations for the Hall of Honor and the ceiling of the boardroom at the CEC Palace, designed by the French architect, Paul Gottereau. The ceiling depicts Fortuna and the Romanians following the War of Independence.
Simonidy died in 1933 in Paris, France.
Reverie (The Dream of the Monk)
Le Figaro
Nude with Blue Vase
Winter perfume
Le Figaro
The Ball
Tulipes
Portrait of a Woman
Iolă
Allegorical Landscape
Harmonie du soir
Le Figaro
Bust de jeune fille
Nude
Forest Edge in France
Maternitate
Femeie pe malul mării
Affiche La Bourboule
Sarah Bernhardt in Teodora Bizanţului
The Three Graces
Marine Landscape
Alpes Maritimes Landscape